Academic Rebuttal Skill

Purpose

Help authors make the best use of a short rebuttal period.

This skill is intentionally two-stage:

1. Triage and experiment planning
   • Read the abstract, reviews, and scores.
   • Infer the underlying reason behind each review comment.
   • Surface uncertain interpretations to the author.
   • Assess rebuttal viability.
   • Rank the experiments, analyses, and clarifications that are most likely to change the decision.